Ground Capacity 17,898 Chairman José Antonio Núñez Founded 2003 League Ascenso MX | Owner Grupo Caliente Arena/Stadium Estadio Banorte Location Culiacán, Mexico Manager Gabriel Caballero | |
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Full name Club Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa Nickname(s) Los Dorados (The Dorados)
El Gran Pez (The Great Fish) Ground Estadio Banorte
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico Founders Eustaquio de Nicolás, Valente Aguirre Profiles | ||
Hino oficial club social y deportivo dorados de sinaloa mex
Club Social y Deportivo Dorados de Sinaloa, or simply Dorados, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Culiacán. The club plays its home games in Culiacán, Sinaloa, in the northwest of Mexico. Dorados was the youngest franchise to play in the Primera División de México, having joined the division for the first time for the Apertura 2004 tournament, when Dorados was only one year old. Dorados currently plays in Ascenso MX, the second tier of Mexican football.
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- Hino oficial club social y deportivo dorados de sinaloa mex
- Centraldefutbol org himno del club social y deportivo dorados de sinaloa
- History
- First promotion and relegation
- Return to first Division
- Second relegation
- Rivalry with Club Leon
- Honors
- Out on loan
- Reserve teams
- Coaches
- References
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History
Dorados was founded on August 9, 2003, when Eustaquio de Nicolas and Valente Aguirre announced the creation of the Dorados.
First promotion and relegation
On December 20, 2003, Dorados won their first title in the Apertura 2003 tournament of Primera División A with a golden goal of Guadalupe Castaneda beating Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, they finished as runner up in the Apertura 2004 but they won the play-off promotion beating Club León with a goal of Roberto Dominguez and winning the promotion to Liga MX just one year after the club was founded. The club was relegated in the Apertura 2006 tournament after playing just two years in the top tier.
Return to first Division
On July 27, 2015, Dorados played their first game in the First Division after 8 seasons in the Second Division. The game was celebrated in the Banorte Stadium, against Jaguares de Chiapas, with a 0-0 final score. Their first 3 points came on the second game of the season on July 31, against Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana in the Caliente Stadium. Dayro Moreno scored for the North Californian team, but Mauricio Martín Romero scored the first goal of Dorados in the 2015–16 Liga MX season. At minute 71' the Chilean Héctor Raúl Mancilla scored the away team, making it 1-2 and winning their first game in the first division in 9 years. The last game the team won in the first division was on April 22, 2006, when Dorados beat Jaguares de Chiapas 4-2, with goals from Andrés Orozco, Cristian Patiño, and Pep Guardiola.
Second relegation
On April 16, 2016, after losing 5–2 to Tigres UANL, Dorados was relegated after just one season in Liga MX, finishing last in the relegation table of 2015–16 Liga MX season. This was the second time the club was relegated to Ascenso MX.
Rivalry with Club Leon
Since Dorados de Culiacán's arrival to Primera División A in 2003, a rivalry was born. When the franchise was first created, in the year 2003, Dorados became champions on their first tournament, becoming the first team to ever accomplish this feat in the Primera A. In their second tournament, Dorados made it to the final once again, facing Club Leon though they lost. Despite losing this final, Dorados and Leon, played the promotion game to Primera División de México where Dorados were victorious. Dorados and Leon have played a total of four finals, of which Dorados and Leon have both won two.
Honors
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve teams
Dorados de Sinaloa B
Reserve team that plays in the Segunda División in the third level of the Mexican league system.